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i like Mcshane Kal... he just seems to get better as he gets older, my son says i should watch him in "Deadwood" as he raves about his performance in it, i thought he nailed it as "Teddy" in sexy beast...... scary as **** he was in that

i like Mcshane Kal... he just seems to get better as he gets older, my son says i should watch him in "Deadwood" as he raves about his performance in it, i thought he nailed it as "Teddy" in sexy beast...... scary as **** he was in that

He is the single best thing about Deadwood. As good as the series is, his performance is absolutely outstanding. One of the best characters in any recent tv I could think of.

He is the single best thing about Deadwood. As good as the series is, his performance is absolutely outstanding. One of the best characters in any recent tv I could think of.

that is virtually word for word what my son said to me Fios ...... especially the part you refer to as " One of the best characters in any recent tv I could think of.[/QUOTE] as to why i should watch it, and believe me my son has watched most critically acclaimed tv series such as G.O.T`S, THE WIRE etc to name a few ...... high praise indeed.....

i like Mcshane Kal... he just seems to get better as he gets older, my son says i should watch him in "Deadwood" as he raves about his performance in it, i thought he nailed it as "Teddy" in sexy beast...... scary as **** he was in that

yeah think i would agree with that. dunno if its age, but so many proper british "actors" just seem to nail it as they get older.. he was ok in lovejoy, not my favorite type of show, but some of the cameos over the last decade he's been brilliant.

yeah think i would agree with that. dunno if its age, but so many proper british "actors" just seem to nail it as they get older.. he was ok in lovejoy, not my favorite type of show, but some of the cameos over the last decade he's been brilliant.

I think most actors tend to get better with age, as they learn their craft more.

I think most actors tend to get better with age, as they learn their craft more.

the ones that tread the boards probably do - the tv made ones are still as wooden as ever

edit: David Suchet made a good point regarding acting and how he has kept in work unlike some that become unemployable because of typecasting. quote: "I never played Me. I am a Character Actor, not a Personality Star" which is a fair comment and reminds me very much of actors such as Alec Guiness or Ian Mackellen

For me, the most interesting part of the Sopranos was the modern mafia and the struggles of balancing. Scorsese was really only sort of depicting "peak mafia" and then the beginning of the end.

Sopranos was good show but I thought it had to much humor in it, overall it as like a comedy.

One major thing that I disagreed with was Tony seeing a psychiatrist, how can a psychopathic killer be in touch with his feeling, kind of flawed isn't it? one day he talks to her about his emotions, next he is choking someone to death with a wire.

This season of Better Call Saul feels like the slow, tedious first season. This latest episode was absolute filler, nothing happened apart from finding out how he got the name. They don't half drag things out on this show. I don't mind slow burners, but not episodes on end.

This season of Better Call Saul feels like the slow, tedious first season. This latest episode was absolute filler, nothing happened apart from finding out how he got the name. They don't half drag things out on this show. I don't mind slow burners, but not episodes on end.

Masters of None season 2 - 6.5/10. I didn't enjoy it as much as many others did. I personally much preferred season 1.

Now rewatching parks & rec, it's so good. That, friends and the office are series I could rewatch over and over. There really aren't too many good sitcoms about these days and the ones I enjoy (EX Brooklyn 99) end up getting cancelled.

I hated the first season, and struggled badly to finish it, but I really enjoyed the second. This one has slipped again though, I find most of it tedious and they drag out various scenes and montages for no real reason at all, it seems. I've had my fill of *********** Chuck too, awful character and awful storyline.

Masters of None season 2 - 6.5/10. I didn't enjoy it as much as many others did. I personally much preferred season 1.

Now rewatching parks & rec, it's so good. That, friends and the office are series I could rewatch over and over. There really aren't too many good sitcoms about these days and the ones I enjoy (EX Brooklyn 99) end up getting cancelled.

I gave that a real go but it just seemed slow and a little too safe, slightly too gentle a comedy for me, likeable but no real cutting humour which I tend to like.

I hated the first season, and struggled badly to finish it, but I really enjoyed the second. This one has slipped again though, I find most of it tedious and they drag out various scenes and montages for no real reason at all, it seems. I've had my fill of *********** Chuck too, awful character and awful storyline.

I didn't really love the second season either. I felt it was an upgrade on the first season but still pretty underwhelming. I was hoping that things would pick up majorly in season 3 but 3 episodes in and I decided that I'd rather watch something else.

Originally Posted by welshypool

I gave that a real go but it just seemed slow and a little too safe, slightly too gentle a comedy for me, likeable but no real cutting humour which I tend to like.

That's fair enough. The reasons you cited for not liking it are the reasons I do like it It's very light and easy to watch. The first season was pretty poor but it does get better as it goes on.

I didn't really love the second season either. I felt it was an upgrade on the first season but still pretty underwhelming. I was hoping that things would pick up majorly in season 3 but 3 episodes in and I decided that I'd rather watch something else.

That's fair enough. The reasons you cited for not liking it are the reasons I do like it It's very light and easy to watch. The first season was pretty poor but it does get better as it goes on.

Aye I got to season 2 and just switched off.

Makes sense though that, I'm not a light watch type of guy, love to be absorbed into something

I loved Twin Peaks mate, its an incredible story and series with still standout imagination in its story

Truly unique though it was such a shame the murder reveal came too early in the show and Lynch walked out for a while where the standard of the series dropped for a while in season 2.

Can't wait for season 3, been waiting 25 years!

I also think to my taste Breaking Bad was wildly over rated, great for about 2 seasons, should have been quick fire an end in sight but went on too long and became a montage fest at times

I didn't see it that way, I don't want to spoil it for people who haven't watched it, but I will put it this way the revelation was just a tip of the iceberg, much more followed, the murder investigation was not really that important compared to the bigger picture.

I can honestly say 'Twin Peaks' is the best thing I have ever watched, including films.

I didn't see it that way, I don't want to spoil it for people who haven't watched it, but I will put it this way the revelation was just a tip of the iceberg, much more followed, the murder investigation was not really that important compared to the bigger picture.

I can honestly say 'Twin Peaks' is the best thing I have ever watched, including films.

Yeah I can see that. But I think it lost...something when the murderer was revealed. It was still very good and a well-made show after but...it had such an incredibly tense and mysterious atmosphere before.

I didn't see it that way, I don't want to spoil it for people who haven't watched it, but I will put it this way the revelation was just a tip of the iceberg, much more followed, the murder investigation was not really that important compared to the bigger picture.

I can honestly say 'Twin Peaks' is the best thing I have ever watched, including films.

See what you mean but that much more to follow was all lined up anyway and could have run alongside the search which was racked with horrible eerie tension. Certainly the two producers Frost & Lynch remained unhappy with the early reveal, it was never planned or written that way and I think there was a serious drop off for a while as the tension was gone far too early in many senses before Lynch came back and the series re-found its direction.